Duke Jing of Jin (Jiao)

Duke Jing of Jin (simplified Chinese: 晋敬公; traditional Chinese: 晉敬公; pinyin: Jìn Jìng Gōng, died 434 BC) was from 451 to 434 BC the titular ruler of the State of Jin.^[1] His ancestral name was Ji, given name Jiao, and Duke Jing was his posthumous title recorded in the Bamboo Annals.^[2] The accounts by the Han dynasty historian Sima Qian in the Records of the Grand Historian are self-contradictory, referring to Duke Jing as Duke Ai of Jin (晉哀公) in one chapter and Duke Yi of Jin (晉懿公) in another. Modern historians such as Yang Kuan, Ch'ien Mu, and Han Zhaoqi generally consider the Bamboo Annals more reliable, as it was unearthed from the tomb of King Xiang (died 296 BC) of the State of Wei, one of the three successor states of Jin.^[1]